| Year | Name | Lodge | Year | Name | Lodge | |
| 1970 | Les Springer | Newton | 2000 | Ed Whisler | Cedar Rapids | |
| 1971 | James Tait | Boone | 2000 | James Koens | Davenport | |
| 1972 | Paul Stump | Oskaloosa | 2001 | Melvin G. Berlin | Red Oak | |
| 1973 | Paul Jones | Cedar Rapids | 2002 | Gary Hanes | Newton | |
| 1974 | Dr. Robert F. Deranleau | Perry | 2003 | Richard Hoffman | Perry | |
| 1975 | Richard Froeschie | Davenport | 2004 | Verne Jarvela | Grinnell | |
| 1976 | No Award Made | 2005 | Dennis L. Wilkie | Iowa Falls | ||
| 1977 | Harry Malloy | Marshalltown | 2006 | Greg Osby | West Des Moines | |
| 1978 | Tom Kelly | Ames | 2007 | Art Hutton | Fairfield | |
| 1979 | H.E. "Buck" Stalcup | Storm Lake | 2008 | John Ochanpaugh | Des Moines | |
| 1980 | Claude Drake | Atlantic | 2009 | Milton Watkins | Perry | |
| 1981 | Harry Carney, Jr. | Perry | ||||
| 1982 | Robert Moore | Fairfield | ||||
| 1983 | Frank Edwards | Atlantic | ||||
| 1984 | Bob Fallis | Des Moines | ||||
| 1985 | Darwin Scheutt | Boone | ||||
| 1986 | LeRoy Hamilton | Boone | ||||
| 1987 | Jim Heinz | Waterloo | ||||
| 1988 | George Goff | Davenport | ||||
| 1989 | Bob Graff | Esatherville | ||||
| 1990 | Ernie Riepe | Fairfield | ||||
| 1991 | Louis Orth | Davenport | ||||
| 1992 | Ed Stoline | Jefferson | ||||
| 1993 | Michael Backer | Charles City | ||||
| 1994 | Marvin "Pete" Nelson | Fairfield | ||||
| 1995 | Mike Halpin | Boone | ||||
| 1996 | Pete Brown | Atlantic | ||||
| 1997 | Al Humphrey | Form Madison | ||||
| 1998 | Neil Crossland | Fairfield | ||||
| 1999 | Leo Youngblut | Waterloo |